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The next time someone asks if you are from a one horse town? You can look them straight in the face and say with a twinkle in your eyes, at least we have a horse, it could be worse. From itty to bitty: Canada's tiniest town gets even tinier. Tilt Cove ( 6 ) 4 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/tilt-cove-population-drop-1.3982008 sandrewn (not looking good)

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. ~Dr. Seuss sandrewn

If I wait to post these next year, I'll probably loose them. I just came across them and I had to share them with you! Wild Red Squirrels Celebrate Valentine's Day http://www.boredpanda.com/wild-red-squirrels-celebrating-valentine/ sandrewn (the included video was cute too)

That artists often specialize in the subject matter they choose is well known. I am pretty certain that Jess Shepherd is not the first to paint over sized leaves. However hers' are the first I have ever seen and I think that they are fantastic. It is as is if I had the leaf in my hand and was using a magnifying glass to see all the minute details close up. Simply brilliant! " For the last two years, I have been painting leaves that tell a story." http://www.boredpanda.com/leafscape-a-collection-of-botanical-paintings-by-inky-leaves/ sandrewn

"They may forget what you said but they will never forget how you made them feel." ~Carol Buchner Sandrewn

Why we say "Bless You" when someone sneezes Many people have become accustomed to saying "bless you" or "gesundheit" when someone sneezes. No one says anything when someone coughs, blows their nose or burps, so why do sneezes get special treatment? What do those phrases actually mean, anyway? Wishing someone well after they sneeze probably originated thousands of years ago. The Romans would say "Jupiter preserve you" or "Salve," which meant "good health to you," and the Greeks would wish each other "long life." The phrase "God bless you" is attributed to Pope Gregory the Great, who uttered it in the sixth century during a bubonic plague epidemic (sneezing is an obvious symptom of one form of the plague). sandrewn

HELPING OTHERS We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone. ~Ronald Regan sandrewn

Without Valentine's Day, February would be.... well, January. To all my friends here at GA sandrewn

Bullfighting The meaning & reason of the Red Cape(Muleta) Whether you are for or against it. This is only to explain it and the variations that exist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullfighting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muleta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traje_de_luces sandrewn

Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly. But the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. ~Mary Kay Ash sandrewn

How Fire Behaves http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/plan%2Dprepare/how%2Dfire%2Dbehaves/ sandrewn

The only Difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude! ~Dennis Brown Be Happy sandrewn

I never had a pet, like a cat or a dog. I guess I never realized just how much one could cost. I think one from a shelter would be my first choice, at least I would be saving one of them from an early end. http://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/pets-animals/15-of-the-most-expensive-pets-to-own/ss-AAmF7vJ#image=1 sandrewn (now I just have to talk myself into it)

This almost two year voyage has run its course. A well earned rest, a time for family and friends and then the wait for orders and hopefully the return of his ship. I still have 19 chapters to read before I tackle this one. So this is more a comment than a review. From everything you have written before, it is a foregone conclusion you ended it just right. Thank you ever so much for Bridgemont. Best wishes Fair winds & following seas sandrewn

We're all so worried that people are watching and judging us, but in reality, they're too busy worrying about the same thing. sandrewn

Hallooo, way out there on the west coast. Been an interesting winter so far, don't you think? Any news from the publisher (think positive thoughts). One more trip around the sun completed. For a video I thought of maybe a guitar singing cowboy or a student/teacher theme. Sorry, I settled for a nostalgic one(don't grimace until after you have heard it). So I add to what your other friends before me have said and... Wish You Hunter Thomson A very Happy Birthday!!! sandrewn (the extra guitars for a guitar player)

Snow Moon Eclipse and Green Comet The first (a penumbral) not as spectacular as a full one, the later hard to see because of the first. http://www.snopes.com/2017/02/08/lunar-eclipse-comet-snow-moon-coming-february-2017/ http://astrobob.areavoices.com/2017/02/08/get-set-for-fridays-penumbral-lunar-eclipse/ Good luck in viewing sandrewn (if you want, go to below to see what you missed) Watch Live Tonight! Snow Moon Lunar Eclipse & Comet Webcasts by Slooh By Space.com Staff | February 10, 2017 07:00am ET

Now this is something that I have never seen before and if given a choice will not again. A Cricket for one to go, please. A Caecilian buffet for one or finger food? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FljvSPOxxI#t=226 sandrewn (doggy biscuits, kitty treats, bird seed, okay. But this one, I don't know if...)

A quick Caecilian 101 class. sandrewn

I really don't know if I could get used to a floor/floors like this at home. Amazing 3D Floors Anamorphosis 18 January 2016 0 Comments If you want to impress visitors to your home or are looking for a unique flooring idea, then you might want to consider 3D epoxy floor painting. In the example below, created by Imperial Interiors (a design company serving Dubai and the United Arab Emirates), a bathroom floor has been transformed into waves washing onto a sandy beach. While this type of flooring would probably not work in everyone’s home, I would think that it could be quite interesting in a hotel, restaurant, or maybe even a vacation home. Two additional 3D epoxy floor painting designs can be found below. (via Imperial Interiors) sandrewn (that last one would really bother me)

1. In the lower 49 states, yes. 2. You can learn something new at GA every day. sandrewn

Why are Some Glaciers Blue? Bulging sea-ice looks blue because of light scattering. Credit: Michael Studinger One of the most amazing sights in Antarctica is its stunning blue ice, rippling like a frozen sea. Patches of blue-hued ice emerge where wind and evaporation have scoured glaciers clean of snow. The translucent, wind-polished surface reflects a stunning turquoise color when the polar sun peeks above the horizon. Antarctica is the only place on Earth with these incredible stretches of blue ice. Blue ice is treacherously slippery, making walking on the surface a challenge, but people risk it for the chance to trek back through time. That's because blue ice is some of the oldest ice in Antarctica. On the continent, scientists have dug up blue ice that is 1 million years old, and researchers are searching for even older ice. When glacial ice first freezes, it is filled with air bubbles. As that ice gets buried and squashed underneath younger ice on top, the older ice starts to take on a blue tinge. As the ice grows denser, the bubbles become smaller and smaller. Without the scattering effect of air bubbles, light can penetrate ice more deeply. To the human eye, ancient glacial ice acts like a filter, absorbing red and yellow light and reflecting blue light, creating the beautiful blue hues of a glacier. In contrast, snow is white because it is chock full of air bubbles. Snow reflects back the full spectrum of white light, just like a freshly poured soda has bubbly, light-colored foam on top. Blue-ice area near Antarctica's Mount Howe. Credit: Stephen Warren Blue ice sometimes emerges at the edge of Antarctica, where glaciers tumble into the sea. Summertime melting can also create smooth patches of blue glacial ice. But by definition, true blue-ice areas most often appear near Antarctica's mountain ranges. The continent's great glaciers are like slow-moving rivers of ice. When these flows hit a barrier, such as a mountain range, the deeper layers of ice are forced upward, like water flowing over a submerged rock in a riverbed. Blue ice also tends to surface on the lee side of mountains, where fierce winds strip away snow and ice. Over time, the older layers are revealed through evaporation. Blue ice covers only about 1 percent of Antarctica, according to a 2010 study in the journal Antarctic Science. Blue-ice areas usually extend for a few miles (a few kilometers) in any direction. Antarctica's blue ice turns out to hold a rare treasure: meteorites. More than 25,000 meteorites have been collected from blue-ice areas in Antarctica. The evaporating glacial ice leaves behind meteorites that have fallen on the frozen continent over the course of thousands of years, concentrating the space rocks in one small area. Meteorite hunters make annual pilgrimages to blue-ice patches, scanning the ice while traveling in snowmobile caravans. Blue-ice areas are also used as runways, for landing aircraft with wheels instead of skis. Governments including Italy, Australia, Norway, Russia and the United States all operate blue-ice runways. sandrewn

The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work. ~Robert Frost sandrewn

Recorded in 1964. It was meaningful then and now it would seem that 53 years later, now more so than ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxvVk-r9ut8 sandrewn

When you compliment your children, praise them for inner qualities such as kindness, honesty and perseverance so they will strive to contribute to the world in meaningful ways. ~ Toni Schutta sandrewn